Just back from Walk One and noticed that someone has pinned posters to a couple of fence posts along the way, urging dog owners to take their dog’s faeces home with them.A warning to those reading this while they are eating, some may find the following images put them off their tea.

The posters reads…

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NORTH MYMMS ESTATE HAS BEEN A BEAUTIFUL WALK FOR CENTURIES…

UNTIL SOMEONERECENTLYELFISHLY STARTED A TRENDOF HANGING UP DOG FAECES INTREES AND ON FENCES INNON-DEGRADABLE PLASTICBAGS!

WHY?

NOBODY COLLECTSTHEMSOTAKE THEM HOME WITHYOU!!!!!!!!!

NOTICE WILL BE REMOVED IN TWO WEEKS TIME

It’s easy to see what whoever wrote the poster is concerned about.

« Last Edit: August 23, 2008, 03:59:09 pm by David Brewer »

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I am angry after finding Dog faeces on my mother front lawn and today someone had let their dog deficate behind my car which was parked on drive. I have been looking after afriends dog and walk around Westlands drive and Oakland Ave, always picking up any mess the dog had made. However, I was shocked to find on one walk (Pine Grove) that someone had let their dog go to toilet on someone's property. other mess was on the grass verge. WHAT IS WRONG WITH PEOPLE!...If I catch the person responsible for the mess on my mother's lawn and Drive I will rub their face in it. not the dog the person!

We have a problem with this too - at the back of the flats on Bradmore Green - there are 2 households who frequently let their dogs foul without clearing it up (or taking the dogs for "proper" walks. These people have no shame - they can see me watching them and are not at all embarrassed by it.

I am tempted to put a photo of the offender/s on the front page see if that will do the trick!

Seriously though I have a camera handy... I am on 'the war path' but do not tend to go over the top. Confrontation is not always a wise move and infact could exacerbate the problem.However, I just don't understand the mentality of the person.Perhaps it is my upbringing I was taught to respect other people's property( and don't do to others what you don't want done to you.)

Can you imagine if mums emptied the contents of babies nappies all over the place - the names they would be called - and quite rightly and yet some people think its ok to let their dogs mess anywhere. It drives me mad

It is extremely difficult to prosecute a dog owner when the love of their life leaves a message. And they know it !

I would love to rub the face of the owner in the 'message' so that they get the message, but I would be the one to be arrested. That is the political climate nowadays, unfortunatley. I feel very sorry for the police who have to enforce todays inverted priorities.

Yesterday as I drove into my mothers drive I saw a dog going to the toilet on the grass verge. The person in question simply asked me if I had a bag to put the offending matter in and I obliged. I did tell them about the problem with dog mess and the on going discussion Re:- web site. Lets hope they remember to take a bag next time.

I dread to think Cassie. Still at least they offered to clean it up! I am also pleased that it did not end in any unpleasantness. However I still get angry when people do not clean up after their dogs.

Legally you need to pass a driving test before you can drive a vehilce on your own. Why not bring back dog licences but with a test to be passed before you are allowed to own a dog? The test would include cleaning up any 'messages'. That might put off some people.

Will the older gentleman who walks his cocker spaniel through the village every day beween 6-6.30am, please pick up his dog's mess that is left opposite the Brookmans in the kerb , as this normally only picked up when someone asks him to. This is a major crossing point on everyones route to and from the station with the obvious unpleasent results.

For the few remaining dog owners who still think it's okay to let their dogs foul on the pavement and to leave it there. Please consider the school kids and office workers who, during these dark mornings and evenings, have to walk where your pet has soiled. In the light they can spot the mess and navigate around it; in the dark it is not that easy. Think about where they are going to clean the mess off their shoes if they are rushing for a train or going to class. Also, consider the health risk of a pupil having to try to clean up in school without protective gloves and disinfectant. Think about the poor sod who has to sit on a train with remnants on his or her shoe. Just think about it. It really is unacceptable behaviour. I know it's a minority who allow their pets to foul the pavement and don't clear up, and I know most local dog owners carry bags and do clean up, but it's the minority of dog owners who are totally oblivious of others who are causing the problem.

[Rant over, I realise those who let this happen probably don't read this forum, but needed to get that off my chest after an extremely unpleasant incident this morning]

David

« Last Edit: January 14, 2009, 08:30:27 am by David Brewer »

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Same tall older gentleman who wears a hat and walks a cocker spanial every morning , leaves the dogs mess on pavement opposite the Brookmans just where the school bus leaves from. When asked to clean up (politely) replied "don't tell me what to do".

Back at the end of July when this subject was exercising the local population, I sent a freedom of information request to WelHat council asking how many people had been prosecuted for dog fouling and whether they had authorised PCSOs to issue fixed penalty tickets. (The law allows PCSOs to if they have the consent of the local authority).

Here is the relevant part of the reply.

Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council’s client team have not prosecuted anyone for dog fouling in the Borough to date.To our knowledge the PCSO’s have not prosecuted anyone either.Welwyn Hatfield Borough has not authorised them to issue fixed penalty notices.